Vehicle cooling system attachment



July 4, 1950 A. PARTIN 2,514,253

VEHICLE. COOLING SYSTEM ATTACHMENT Filed Nov. 4, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR.

July 4, 1950 A. PARTIN VEHICLE COOLING SYSTEM ATTACHMENT 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. 4, 1 948 Albert Par/in IN VEN TOR.

Patented July 4, 1950 waistsQQQHNG' rsr Mr Q ME new??? Ead e Amer/1 2 Te Application November 4,1948, serial No, -58,18 3 .4 Qeie law- I'hisiinventionirelatestto the cooling SYStlfllllOf -lirvtr opical.climates whereternperaturesj'frequeni ya e s ye ,wlii' ioa iimbfii engines; lose their efiieiency or fail to function,

c ns d rab e:d w t sxe ri n e a s t e n p l 'qp e of th ine te sea in system.

Thewprima ry ,purpose of this invention is to 1 assistdininaintainihg the engine temperatures at a value whichiwilllfallewithe engiiie D IQPQ 'lY' to junction irrespectivegof the teinberature; of the ur ou d tm s h r Another;olejefct of the invention is to enable time:ordinary.lveooling jsystem' of the vehicle to maintain the ,"desired 1 engine temperature.

l Thefabove, and; other, QQbJ' acts may b attained -by employing. this jinventionlwhich jen ibodies ,aniongits ieatures afgroupof ray pipe'sinlounb ed in front of the radiator'fbfqaj eonve'ntional automotive-engine, rsaid pipe i having water dis- 1 Charge orifices therein' which; directed toward "the radiator and means Qcarr d, by the; vehicle tosupply water under pressure tothe spray pipes gand cause".said l waterr to be, discharged through the orifices and into the air drawn 'through'flthe radiator, by. the ordinary fan 'whi'ch is generally interposed between the radiator and the engine. Other; features include supporting bars carried .by the spray pipes and hooks on'ithe supporting "ha-rs de tacha-ljly to engage the radiator and'hold the auxiliarvcoohngmeans in placethereagainst.

' In the drawings:

Figure l isfa diagrammatic-side *view :of a meter vehielejillustiating one method OfLiHS152L1- lation of this impreved vehicle .ocoolin'g' system attachment; Figiire '2 is a fragmentary side viewof aavehicle illustrating the modified form of installation, Fi'g'ureB is 'a f'rontlview in elevation cotanconven'tional radiator showing vthis attachment supported thereon,

Figure 4 is an edge view of the radiator illustrated in Figure 3,

Eignre ,5 is a rear viewin elevation of the radiator illustrated 'in Figure 3 with. tl1e,.fa ttach ment in place thereon,

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional viewltaken substantiallyoalong the line,,.(i ,-5,of .Fi gure 3, o

igure 7 is a fragmentaryrear viewof-a dif- -f erentstyle radiatorshowingcthis attachment in .,place thereon} and i Figu re 8 is an enlarged .sectional detail ofuone element of the present invention.

Referring to'"the-drawings in detail a conventional; motor vehicle designated generally is tequipped with ah conventional motor l2 which is i cooled p 1 a'fcpnven'tional radiator l4, and mounti edsbetween the motor; and radiator, and driven by the nioto'r' i2] is a conventional vcooling 'fan 5 llfiflThegvehicle '"l flt i equipped with aco'nventi o n'al'v compartment or' 'trunk 'l8 and the usual drivers seat 20. i improved cooling. system attachment comprises a radiato'r cooler designated generally 22 emb d esa rou bf pr pipes 24' oppogsiteends ofwhich: are ,joinedlhy U -bends 26 to lioforn'r a grill which is'adapted to be supported in "front of theradiatorfassuggested in Figures 1 and 2. .Inactual construction the spray pipes 24; and 'U-bends 21s rie f rniecljir one piece of j tuping, one end of; which is closed by a, a suitable ICap ,2 8, whil the opposite endhas coupled there- Lto' a' feedv pipe 30 In the preferred form or the l invention the'feedpipe 30fleads into the upper mostfsp'ray ipe; 24, while the capf itl closes the lowermost j s pray' pipe as will "be readily under- 'sto'gd .upon reference to Figure 3. As shown in a the .ldrawinfg's. the pipes 24 are held in spaced j lparallel relation joy spaeed paralljel clamp bars whichgarie c upIedby suitablerivets or bolts ".34 which fextend between the 'bip'es 24 and serve Qto c lainp:thefpipes laetween' the clamp' bars 32. s ,wi11jpe readily understood upon reference to the dr .ihgs jthere aretwd pairs of clamfb bars 132 -arranged 'in, spaced parallel relationtransveriselyjpf lthe pipesffl andjorie' or each pair of clani'p bars'exteh suptVardISfbGYOnd the opposite cla np har its respectivepair and is bent :horiaontally: andfthen downwardly to' form a hook 36; which erms a suspension m'ean's by "which the unit'22 is supported on'the radiator of the vehicle. Across bar 38 is: adjustably couplediby 'means of bo1ts'40 to eacli pa'i r of Qhoolis '3 6fandefitends below the uppermost nipple N of he adiator as will be readily understood we e t te; to i as illustrated in"' F'igure 6 each spray pipel24 is provided with a longitudinal rowpt orifices'f42 which are directed rearwardlyand downwardly 'toward' thQ'rad'iaIton'fipOn which the device is N suspended so that water flowing through the bibles "gr-win be directed ithrough'the radiator w an lntothe path (if movement of the air there- 'throu'g'h." *In' lthepreferred form of the "invem r Ltion eachfspray pifp'eza isencase'd'in atiibular jbod of'fahric such as gauze in order that' the f water' is uing thr'ou'gh the orifices t2 may "'be 'finelyTdivided "before it enters the 'lai r stream iiowingfthrjoug'h the radiat6r; 5,3 In the farm "of the invention illustrated in Fig- ,ure 1;, the end of 'the'pipe 30 opposite that which leads to ashray pipe 24' has coupled' thereto afiexible conduit" 46' whichdead's' rearwardly of the vehiclete oneendof a contra va ve which is 6Q eferalilj dcated' withine'asyreach 'o'f the'occu- 3 pant of the seat 20. This valve 48 is coupled by means of a supply pipe 58 to a reservoir 52 which as illustrated in Figure 1 is Sup orted on avertically adjustable'stand 54 withinthe trunk -|8,'so that when the reservoir 52 is filled with water,

the water may be made to flow by gravity through v the pipe 50, valve 48 and flexible conduit 46 into hooks on the supporting bars detachably to en gage the radiator and hold the auxiliary cooling means in place thereagainst.

the spray pipes 24, with sufficient force to cause itto be ejected from the spray pipes 54. throughthe orifices 42. By regulating the valve 48, the volume of flow may be easilycontrolled" in order properly to aid in the cooling of the engine iZ. n In the modified form of the invention illusa conventional air valve 64 by which air may be introduced into thereservoir on top of the water contained therein so that whenfthe valve 58 is opened, the water will be forced under air pressure into the spray pipes 24. v

In employing the device in conjunction with a radiator equipped with dual water inlet openings, the pairs of bars 32 may be adjusted inwardly so that the hooks 36 may escape the inlet nipples of the radiator, and yet permit the bar 38 to engage the bottoms of the nipples in order securely to sustain the radiator cooler in place.

In use when it is desired to employ the, radiator cooler, one or the other of the supply tanks'tz or B is filled with water, and where the gravity feed is employed the water will fiow through the pipe 50 and valve 48 from whence itis directed through the fiexibleconduit 46 into the pipes 24. When the pressure feed is tobe employed, the tank 60 is filled with waterand the cap 62 se curely mounted to close the water filling opentributed by the pipes24 and orifices 42 into theair flowing through the radiator under the infiuence of the fan 16. 1 v

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention it is be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed. v

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a motor vehicle engine cooling system of the type which includes an engine having a water jacket, a radiator mounted adjacent the engine through which water from the water jacket of the engine circulates and a fan between the engine and the radiator for drawing air through the radiator and directing it over the engine, auxiliary cooling means for the engine-comprising a group of spray pipes mounted ll'itflOIlt of the radiator, said pipes having watendischarge orifices therein which are directed toward the radiator, means carried by the vehicle to supply water under pressure to the spray pipes and cause it to be discharged through the orifices and into the air drawn through the radiator by the fan, supporting bars carried by the spray pipes and '2. In a motor vehicle engine coolingsystem of the type which includes an engine having a water jacket, a radiator mounted adjacent the engine through which water from the water jacket of the engine circulates and a fan between the engine and the radiator for drawing air through the radiator and directing it over the engine, auxiliary cooling means for the engine comprising a group of spray pipes mounted in front of the radiator, said pipes having water discharge orifices therein which are directed toward the radiator and a water reservoir mounted onpthe vehicle .and connected to the spray pipes to supply water under pressure to said spray pipes and cause it to be discharged through the orifices and into the air drawn through the radiator.

3. In a motor vehicle engine cooling system of the type which includes an engine havin a water jacket, a radiator mounted adjacent the engine through which water from the water jacket of the engine circulates and a fan between the engine and the radiator for drawing air through the radiator and directing it over the engine, aux iliary cooling means for the engine comprising a group of spray pipes mounted in front of the radiator, said pipes having water discharge orifices therein which are directed toward the radiator, means carried by the vehicle to supply water under pressure to the spray pipes and cause it to be discharged through the orifices and into the air drawn through the radiator by the fan and a valve between the source of water supvply and the group of spray pipes to regulate the flow of water thereto.

4. In a motor vehicle engine cooling system of the type which includes an engine having a water jacket, a radiator mounted adjacent the engine through which water from the water jacket of the engine circulates and a fan between the engine and the radiator for drawing air through the radiator and directing it over the engine, auxiliary coolin means for the engine comprising a group of spray pipes mounted in front of the radiator, said pipes having water discharge orifices therein which are directed toward the radiator, a water reservoir mounted on the vehicle and connected to the spray pipes to supply water under pressure to said spray pipes and cause it to be discharged through the orifices and into the air drawn through the radiator and a valve carried by the vehicle within easy reach of the operator, said valve being connected to the reservoir and the group of spray pipes to regulate the rate at which water is discharged through the orifices.

ALBERT PARTIN.

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